{"id":41,"date":"2021-03-25T20:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T00:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/?p=41"},"modified":"2021-03-26T03:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T07:47:25","slug":"florida-court-of-appeals-affirms-order-blocking-enforcement-of-broward-county-gun-control-ordinances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/florida-court-of-appeals-affirms-order-blocking-enforcement-of-broward-county-gun-control-ordinances\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court of Appeals Affirms Order Blocking Enforcement of Broward County Gun Control Ordinances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL<\/strong> (March 24, 2021) \u2014 Today, Florida\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion<\/a> in Broward County v. Florida Carr<\/em>y, which determined that three Broward County ordinances \u201cclearly regulate guns,\u201d and are thus preempted by state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its opinion, the Court held that Broward County \u201cmay not regulate indirectly what it cannot regulate directly\u201d, and that the county\u2019s ordinances \u201cregulating weapons and guns at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport\u2026 regulating weapons at North Perry Airport, and\u2026 regulating weapons by operators of common motor carriers\u201d \u201cviolate section 790.33, which prohibits local regulation of firearms or anything \u2018related to firearms\u2019 and expressly preempts \u2018the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition.\u2019\u201d In addition, The Court also determined that \u201c[e]ven if Broward County\u2019s lack of standing argument were preserved, it would be without merit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPreemption laws prevent local jurisdictions from creating a patchwork of different regulations and a minefield of legal peril for individuals,\u201d explained FPC\u2019s Senior Director of Legal Operations, Adam Kraut. \u201cHaving dozens or hundreds of local municipalities with different laws regulating the carry of firearms would result in individuals having to become legal experts to avoid going to jail for accidentally violating a local ordinance. We are delighted to see common sense prevail and congratulate our friends at Florida Carry for this important victory.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FPC is currently involved in lawsuits challenging laws and policies under state preemption in Pittsburgh<\/a>, Philadelphia<\/a>, and Michigan<\/a>. We are pleased to see the Court affirm the trial court\u2019s order enjoining the enforcement of these ordinances, which illegally prohibited conduct allowed under Florida state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firearms Policy Coalition and its FPC Law team are the nation\u2019s next-generation advocates for the right to keep and bear arms and adjacent liberties, actively litigating dozens of major lawsuits including federal Second Amendment challenges to California\u2019s ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d (Miller v. Becerra<\/a><\/em>), Maryland\u2019s ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d (Bianchi v. Frosh<\/em><\/a>), California\u2019s handgun \u201croster\u201d and self-manufacturing bans (Renna v. Becerra<\/em><\/a>), Maryland\u2019s firearm carry ban (Call v. Jones<\/em><\/a>), New Jersey\u2019s firearm carry ban (Bennett v. Davis<\/em><\/a>), New York City\u2019s firearms carry ban (Greco v. New York City<\/a><\/em>), the federal ban on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to adults under 21 years of age (Reese v. BATFE<\/em><\/a>), and others, with dozens more cases being prepared. To follow these and other legal cases FPC is actively working on, visit the Legal Action<\/a> section of FPC\u2019s website or follow FPC on Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firearms Policy Coalition<\/strong> (firearmspolicy.org<\/a>) is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization. FPC\u2019s mission is to protect and defend constitutional rights\u2014especially the right to keep and bear arms\u2014advance individual liberty, and restore freedom through litigation and legal action, legislative and regulatory action, education, outreach, grassroots activism, other programs. FPC Law is the nation\u2019s largest public interest legal team focused on Second Amendment and adjacent fundamental rights including freedom of speech and due process, conducting litigation, research, scholarly publications, and amicus briefing, among other efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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